| Term | Definition |
| Cleanse | to clean |
| nurture | to feed and care for something |
| dragon | a fierce mythical monster that breaches fire |
| dynasty | a succession of kings or emperors of the same family. |
| enlightened | free from prejudice. |
| farthest | most distant; at or to the greatest distance. |
| humbly | modest, not proud 2) of low rank. |
| Mongolian | of mongolia |
| reaches | 1- the distance you can reach with your hand 2) a distance that you can easily travel. My uncle lives within reach of the sea. 3) a straight stretch of a river or a canal. |
| rests | to have a rest 2) to support or be supported. |
| shadowy | dark 2) with many shadows 2) vague, indistinct |
| tunnels | plural of tunnel - noun a passageway under the ground or through a hill. |
| bandit | a thief or a robber |
| battled | past tense of battle - verb, (battled, battling) to fight. |
| behold | to see |
| execute | to kill somebody as a punishment, noun, execution, executioner. |
| fantastic | adjective, wonderful, amazing. |
| ghostly | like a ghost |
| horrors | plural of horror - noun 1) great fear, dislike, or shock 2) a shocking or frightening thing. |
| longest | superlative: long - adjective, (long, longer, longest) a measure of distance not short. |
| mindful | adjective, remembering, thinking of. |
| occurrence | noun, an event, something that happens. |
| perish | verb, to die. |
| rice | noun, grain used for food. |
| surrounds | Pres. Tense of surround - verb, to be around or encircle something. |
| warlords | Plural of: warlord - noun, a military leader. |
| Monsoon | a strong wind in and around the Indian Ocean, bringing heavy rain in summer. |